Cool sounds: Thermodynamics
In a thermoacoustic refrigerator, sound waves generate a heat flow. A new type of thermoacoustic refrigerator has been designed that uses the gas to be cooled as a working part of the engine, thereby getting around an old theoretical efficiency limit.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature (London) 1998-08, Vol.394 (6694), p.623-624 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In a thermoacoustic refrigerator, sound waves generate a heat flow. A new type of thermoacoustic refrigerator has been designed that uses the gas to be cooled as a working part of the engine, thereby getting around an old theoretical efficiency limit. |
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ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
DOI: | 10.1038/29184 |